Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
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38% of critics liked it
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77% of users liked it
(179,326 ratings)
Maindrian Pace (H.B. Halicki) is a master car thief who heads an elaborate organization of professionals. Using an insurance investigation company as a front, Pace and his associates buy junked cars from accident scenes, steal new autos of the same model and color, then switch the serial numbers for… More Maindrian Pace (H.B. Halicki) is a master car thief who heads an elaborate organization of professionals. Using an insurance investigation company as a front, Pace and his associates buy junked cars from accident scenes, steal new autos of the same model and color, then switch the serial numbers for resale. It's a lucrative business, but when some shady characters offer them 400,000 dollars to deliver 50 specific luxury vehicles, the challenge is too much to pass up. The burglars put on disguises and waste no time in lifting limousines, official racecars, and Rolls-Royces (even stopping by a television studio to steal actor Lyle Waggoner's convertible). When Pace discovers that a recently stolen Cadillac has a million dollars worth of heroin in the trunk, he destroys the car and the drugs, which infuriates his adversarial partner, Eugene (Jerry Daugirda). Just as Pace is stealing a bright yellow Mustang (code-named Eleanor), the Los Angeles police department gives chase, tipped off by Eugene's anonymous call. This leads to the meat of the film, a wild 40-minute pursuit which takes Pace and the police through five cities and leads to the destruction of 93 cars. Gone in 60 Seconds was a big hit for first time director/writer/producer/star H.B. Halicki, and inspired a big-budget remake in 2000. ~ Fred Beldin, Rovi
- Directed By
- H.B. Halicki
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Cult Movies
- In Theaters
- Jul 28, 1974 Wide
- Studio
- H.B. Halicki Mercantile Co.
Critic Reviews
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, Time Out
It's a pity that it had to descend into such routine carnage.
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Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Amateurish, badly acted and shot on the cheap (many sequences don't even have sync sound), this cult item features a 40-minute car chase (almost half the film's running time) that's nothing short of breathtaking.
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Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
Has much more of an electrifying energy, and intelligence than the remake does...
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James Plath, Movie Metropolis
Provides some thrills, but too often it feels as if the film's transmission is stuck in neutral.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Halicki may know car chases, but he doesn't really know anything about dramatic filmmaking
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Cast
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Marion Busia
as Pumpkin Chase
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George Cole
as Atlee Jackson
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Jerry Daugirda
as Eugene Chase
- Parnelli Jones
- James McIntire
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H.B. Halicki
as Maindrian Pace
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Ronald Halicki
as Corlis Pace
- Christopher J.C. Agajanian
- J.C.Sr. Agajanian
- Gary Bettenhausen
- Billy Englehart
- Jonathan E. Fricke
- Markos Kotsikos
- Hal McClain



